OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332563
SKYLIGHT,FRACTURE,WAREHOUSE,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,TRIPPED,FALL,WALKING BACKWARD,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee killed in fall through skylight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were on a warehouse roof, removing materials after completing a reroofing job. When Employee #1 stepped backward to avoid a roofin g cart that was being hoisted by a crane, he tripped on the edge of a skylight a nd fell 30 ft through its plastic cover to the warehouse floor. Employee #1 sust ained multiple fractures and died of a fractured skull.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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